After a very drawn out and fraught construction, the Philharmonie de Paris is finally open. The 2,400 seat concert hall was conceived with ambitious plans to democratise classical music, and is situated…

The ability to make sense of sensory feedback in more refined ways is central to Feldenkrais.
waltercolorDecember 29, 2014

The Feldenkrais Method is a way of exploring movement, posture and breathing through hands-on touch, used by dancers, musicians, athletes, actors and people living with and rehabilitating from a range…

In their 2014 Melbourne Fringe Festival performance Mama Alto and her musical director Tiffani Walton pay tribute to Sarah Vaughan, one of the great ladies of American song. Mama Alto charmed her audience…

After a nine-match winning streak, Richmond lost to Port Adelaide by 57 points in last week’s elimination final.
AAP/David MariuzSeptember 11, 2014

The AFL final series – with the semi-finals starting today – is one of the most ferocious and toughest contests we will see in Australian sport. Behind the scenes, there is no doubt a fair percentage of…

Wurst embraces a wide spectrum of individuals who recognise their own gender performance as imperfect.
Georg Hochmuth/EPAMay 12, 2014

Four songs in to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, six Icelandic men in a band called Pollapönk took to the stage dressed in fluorescent suits and declared to an ecstatic house…

The topic of “women in comedy” is endlessly controversial – as Adrienne Truscott seems to know.
MICFApril 3, 2014

Two performance artists in this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) – the UK’s Bryony Kimmings and American Adrienne Truscott – have a certain flavour of humour: it’s the knowing, self-deprecating…

How is this not a case of The Emperor’s New Clothes?
Image courtesy Adele VarcoeMarch 26, 2014

Fashion can be a multitude of things, from a business to an art to an attitude. But one thing is constant: the experience of the body in space and time. But what about a body dressed only by our imagination…

A game of two halves: publishing performance can improve services but could also affect who surgeons choose to take on.
PA/Gareth FullerJune 17, 2013

Data on hospital performance often shows a wide variation and this poses the question of whether it should be available to the public or kept confidential. The government wants more transparency and announced…